Ok, so some very nice development this week.
I did get worried about my plants drooping a lot toward lights out and early morning, but put that down to some fairly low temps in my area, putting room heater on at night seems to have helped a lot.
Also almost fried my babies by turning off my out-take for about 30 mins, but caught them in time.
I split the nutes over 2 litres of water and divide that up between 5 pots at 400 Ml per plant and stick to once a day, though I'm not sure if Ill need to up that again with how big they are getting.
They have started getting their first white pistils.
Most of them are around 7 to 8 inches in hight, though one that had lower soil levels is around 10 inches😸.
I did mention in my comment that I water about 800 Ml twice per day split between 6 plants in the 1 large pot and can notice quite a few of the plants have slight yellowing. So not sure if this is a watering issue or nutrient problem or normal.
Hey man that's lack of calcium because your plants want to go hard - maybe double or triple the cal mag you're giving it can never really be too much and maybe add a chelation agent like fluvic and hummic acids it's cheap and it's bio ! mag sulfur also exists could be a good one if you're not already adding sulfur at this stage 🚀
Thanks for the further info, I'm currently using this calmag as shown on amazon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013QLCWC8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Thanks Stick, loving the tips. I've already put in a request for some nice fabric/airpots which Ill use to split them all up. Will stick with the morning and evening watering and see how it goes.
Already transplanted a few of them temporary to a plastic pots and was fairly easy.
I couldn't find my specific version of cal mag btw on the drop down list, its actually Vitalink Calmag, but I assume they are all fairly similar in the 1 Ml per litre suggestions for early use.
@Darox, hey all pretty similar in the sense of 1ml/l
But that doesn’t mean they are all the same ingredients. You need 6% calcium in the total amount of water fed to the plant. Some areas tap water has enough usable calcium to run with base nutrients only. Magnesium is needed in a lesser supply. But it is still a common deficiency because it gets locked out easily. Calcium and magnesium deficiency’s tent to show up together.
Hey there darox I just wanted to add to my answer, I mentioned the affected area being new growth areas. This can also be associated with iron deficiency as it typically is centered at the new growth zone. However the new growth typically comes in completely yellow and then slowly turns green from the tips. Theres a product known as "calimagic" which has your calmag but also has iron in it, I've heard many swear by this product. I hope you can solve this mystery, yellowing leaves are such a pain as they can indicate so many different problems.
Btw I'm currently using 1 litre of water between 5 pots, that 200 Ml per pot.
Not sure if this is too little for a once per day watering, pot size if 5 Gal / 20 Litre air pots.
Thanks Mg2009, its a 80% Indica plant, so not sure waiting for amber is a good idea, noticing quite a few of the leaves I've tested so far have clear to milky pistles with the odd amber here and there.
Thanks Toadiek, did a bit more reading of online info and agree, will have to make sure to keep nutes up a bit longer.
I need a bigger bucket to keep water in
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the further info, I'm currently using this calmag as shown on amazon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013QLCWC8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Ta, must admit I increased it a little to around 300 - 400 Ml per pot and sticking to the once a day thing. Just find it a nightmare trying to avoid getting water drops on the leaves, but my pretties are starting to perk up.
I do notice it tends to get a bit dry up top between waters, aside form the one pot in the centre that's a classic plastic instead of a air pot. But even that's looking good.
I did prune 2 leaves off the worst looking out of the bunch and it seems to still be doing well.
Just need to figure out when is the best time to introduce the SOG.
I'm also going to cut down on watering as I do read overwriting is much more common than under with new growers.
I also have a basic water tank air pump / air stone to get some air into the water I'm using, though not sure if its much help.
Thanks for the advice Athos / SpinnerGrow, I do currently have a order in for a Soil Moisture Meter, PH acidity and Light Tester, so hopefully that will help.
Not sure if its worth trying to re-pot them at this stage. Would it be straight forward?
I also currently tend to give plain water during one part of the day and nutrients at the other, but happy to cut back on these if you think its an issue. I only added them based on the fact coco has nothing at all and was going off a schedule I found online: https://www.growweedeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/coco-coir-flora-series-schedule.pdf
I'am guessing? 2-weeks your going into week 6 of flowering, check trichomes under magnification should be 10-30%, Amber would be a good starting point, sometimes a staggered harvest is good with New plants find out if you like earlier,mid,or late flower., Feed her now week 6 to early to flush, unless nutrient burn is present at leaf tips. A little nutrient burn at tips is a good indication to cut back a little.
@Darox Hi there! I won't recommend to grow multiple plants in one single container, this is going to give you a lot of trouble as they will fight for space/air/nutrients and cannibalize themselves. You should instead, use 1 container for 1 plant, and give them the maximum pot size you can. Now about your slight yellowing, this is a common thing with new growth, they tend to look pale when they emerge. But in your case this might be related to the meals you gave them. In veg stage you should not use blooming-nutrients, and in the first weeks of your babies you don't need this amount of calmag (6ml/L is way too much). Your nutrients manufacturer has a nice feeding schedule on their website https://www.blackmagic.com/growing-guide/, this must be your global guideline for the meals you give to your babies. Start by 1/2 of the suggested doses, and slowly increase nutrients to stick to their recommendations. This schedule can be modified with your own experience but as a beginner you should stick to what they recommend, especially if you don't have an EC-meter to measure the electrical conductivity in the meals you prepare. Finally, avoid watering in the daytime, you can burn roots and disturb the whole plant's system. Watering at night (or in the early morning) when the lights are off is much safer. Hope this helps, I'll be around, keep us up-to-date and happy growing 👊